To expand or collapse the panel dock, you can also double-click the panel dock title bar
at the top.- Drag the left edge of the docked panels to the right until the panel text disappears.
This hides the panel names and collapses the panel dock to icons only. To open a panel when
collapsed as an icon, you can click a panel icon.
Click the double arrow again to expand the panels.
Choose Window > Workspace > Reset Essentials to reset the workspace.
Docking panels
Panels in Illustrator can be moved around in the workspace and organized to match your working
needs. Next, you’ll open a new panel and dock it with the default panels on the right side of the
workspace.- Click the Window menu at the top of the screen to see all of the panels available in Illustrator.
Choose Align from the Window menu to open the Align panel and the other panels grouped
with it by default.
Panels you open that do not appear in the default workspace are free-floating. That means they
are not docked and can be moved around. You can dock free-floating panels on the right or left
side of the workspace.- Drag the Align panel group by the title bar above the panel names to move the group closer to
the docked panels on the right.